Description

Bowsher discusses early 20th century life in Springfield, Illinois: his family, schools and jobs, neighborhoods, movie theaters, hospital and medical experiences, and life as a polio victim. He also discusses life in Chicago: home life, radio, schools, gangsters, prohibition, and the Depression. Also discusses Springfield coal mines, WWII, aging, and treatment of the elderly in nursing homes.
Interview by Nancy Flood, 1975. 12 tapes, 700 minutes.